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GEORGE W. TANNER AND FRANCIS D. BLISS, or PROVIDENCE, RHODE e ISLAND.

Leu-em Patenten. 105,859, camz .my 26, 1870.

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The Schedulereferxed to`in these Letters Pateneand Emailing paxt of the same.

To allwhovln it may concern:

Be it'known thatwe, GEORGE W. TANNnnancL' .2ER-NCIS D. BLISS, both of the city and county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented '=a new and useful Cigar-Machine. i

50m' invention Arelates to the .forming of the iller rfroin loose tobacco, and the application. of the binderl .tliyeretm and consists in certainy novel combinations and arrangements of feed and forming-rpllers; and

we do hereby declare the followingspeciiication, takenl fin connection with the drawing furnished and forming a` part of vthe same, to be a true, clear, and exact de- `scription, thereof'. l l

Reference being had to the drawingi fFigure 1 representsone of our machines in perv fspective. r

Figure 2 represents the same in longitudinal verti;

, Ycal sectiom .D, D2, D?, D, and D5 arethe forming-rollers, all of "which, excepting, D5, (which is smooth,)' are uted,

and arranged to revolve in the same direction, by gearing operated by the counter-shaft l5. These forming-rollers are so placed with relation to each "other, that thelongitndinal space between their peripherical surfaces corresponds to. thelength and diameter of the cigar desired.4 It isnot absolutely essential that any of these rollers be tinted, although we .prefer such to E and E arefthe feed-rollers, which are mounted v`forming-roller s. The feed-rollerE is mounted in horfizwfitalslide bearings, to which a 'compressing spring Zisapplied, to secure a proper degree of pressure between the contact-surfaces of the feed-rolls.

F, is the hopper. `It hasalongtudinal slot extending its entire length, which islimmediately over and in relation with the point ofcontact between the feed# rollers E. p v

G is a forcing-rod, extending longitudinally through the counter-shaft B. It is provided with a handle at its outer, and a head at its inner end,'which nearly fills the interior space between the forming-rollers. v

H is the vent from which ,the bound fillerv is fdischarged.

' The operation of our machine is as follows:

The forcing-rod O is drawn out, as shown in iig. 2. A quantity of loose tobacco, sudicient to form the cirgar, is placed in the hopper' and deliveredto the v feed-rollers, which, when the machine is `in operation, force it gradually, piece by piece, down between the forming-rollers Dl and D into the forming-space.A

When all the tobaccoy hasA been' thus delivered, the

binder,.spre`ad on the smoothing-plate and properly.

gummed, is fed between the forming-rollers'Dl and D2, (which are not in contact.) 'until the end of the binder is engaged between the vfiller-'and roller D?, whenfit is drawn in .and wrapped around the filler..

After being revolved a`few Vt-imes, to secure it in place, the frcing-rodis pressed inward, and the fillerl is discharged from the vent H. "Having thus described our invention,

XVe claim as newv y Y 1. The combination of -feed-1ollers E and forming- 4rollers D, substantially asshown and described. 2., In combination with the feed and forming-rollers of' a cigar-machine, lthe hopper F, arranged with rclation to the feeding-rollers,substantially as shown and-described, forthe purposes specified.

3.- rIlle forcing-rod Gr, in combination with theforming-rollers D, substantially in the manner and forthe purposes specified.

GEORGE W. TANNER. FRANCIS D. BLISS.

, Witnesses:` HENRY MARTIN, JOHN O. Prunus. 

